​The U.K. government expressed disappointment Thursday that Bermuda, a British overseas territory, has abolished same-sex marriage, but said it would have been wrong to overturn the decision. Bermuda's Senate and House of Assembly passed legislation replacing same-sex marriage with domestic partnerships in December, and the island's U.K.-appointed governor, John Rankin, signed it into law Wednesday. That move by the wealthy Atlantic island of 60,000 people represents a rare reversal of a trend among Western countries of legalizing same-sex marriage. British Prime Minister Theresa May's spokesman, James Slack, said Britain was "seriously disappointed" by the decision, which reverses a 2017 court ruling legalizing gay marriage. U.K. Foreign Office Minister Harriett Baldwin said 'after full and careful consideration' the U.K. government had decided not to block Bermuda's ban on same-sex marriage.

Source: CBC News February 08, 2018 21:22 UTC